Conveyer.



PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908.

A. D. LONG & Gr. DIETZ.

GONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1905.

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Sowewfozj PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908.

A. D. LONG 8: G. DIETZ.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFroE.

ARTHUR D. LONG AND GEORGE DIETZ, OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA, ASSIGNORS, BY. DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO LOUDEN MACHINERY COMPANY, OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA, A COR- PORATION OF IOWA.

CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR 1). Lone and GEORGE DIETZ, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Fairfield, in the county of Jefferson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Conveyors, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to overhead carriers and particularly to a device designed for use as a feed and htter carrier.

The objects of this invention are; first, to produce a suitable truck and to provide means for connecting the truck to a hanger whereby thev said hanger is permitted to oscillate at a point below the truck wheels, and furthermore to provide means for limiting the oscillatory motion to the members; second, to provide novel means for attaching an elevating-device to the truckso that said elevating device has a limited movement independent of the truck, thereby obviating unusual strain and wear incident to the use of the device; third, to provide novel means for elevating a load and for causing the said load to be retained at different heights through a mechanism which obviates the use of manually operated catches or holding means.

With the foregoing. and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and;

combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

' In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speclfication wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which- Figure 1 ,is aview in elevation showing the bucket, a frame for the hoisting mechanism,

trucks for supporting the frame; the truck at the left hand side f the sheet being turned oiyt of itsiiiiperative position and a track being shown in section for the purpose of illustrating a front view of the truck when on a track; it being understood that the truck at the right hand side is in its operative position and that both trucks are supposed to run on a single track. Fig. 2, is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the truck'being turned to show the inner side in elevation. Fig. 3, is a sectional view-on the line of Fig. 1; the truck being turned to show the inner side in elevation.

. sides of the hanger,

, said hanger to ,heads-in an Fig. 4, is a bottom plan view of the frame. Fig. 5, is a sectional view of one side of the hanger with the supporting plate in place.

In these drawings A denotes the track which. is suitably supported, though the support is not shown, and B, is an a proximately U-shaped hanger, one of w ich is provided for each end. of the carrier frame. The upper ends of the hanger have lugs C, which form guides, between which, and the plates D, extend, the said plates each having a stud E, fitted in an apertured boss F, of the hanger B, so that said hanger oscillates thereon.

The track wheels G, are preferably of chilled metal, run on tempered steelbushings which are shrunk on the ai des of malleable iron to support the plates D, though of course, it will be understood that the material entering into the construction is an immaterial detail. a v

Each han er B, has an a erture b, throu h which astu H, is passed or connecting t e the frame of the elevating mechanism, (to be hereinafter described) and it will be noted that when the truck is stationary, and force is applied to cause the truck to travel, the hangers will oscillate with the result stated.

The hoisting mechanism comprises a frame having two heads I, which are approin'mately triangular, provided with a erturedbosses J, in which connecting r0 s are secured. The frame is provided with a central angular plate of the same general shape as the heads and it has a series ofapertures to receive the rods KK K which are secured to the suitable manner.

The rods K, form guides and sup orts 4 for the sliding yokes L, L, which yokes ave frame, and one end of said screw projects beyond one of the heads and has secured thereto the power wheel 0, whichpower wheel may be in the shape of a grooved pula sprocket wheel or other means by le which a flexible connection may be utilized to turn it though if desired, other means for rotating the screw may be provided. Each to be elevated. V

head is provided with a depending han er I, to su port the pulley-Z and each yo e is provi ed with a transverse slot Z and an obliquely disposed slot F, for the reception of the pulleys Z, and Z res ectively, it bein understood that these pul eys are mounted on suitable shafts l, and.l res ectively. While I have stated the position 0 i the slots with relation tothe yoke, it isanimmaterial detail, as they may be changed to suit par-- ticular requirements.

In order to effect the elevation and support In operation, the rotation of the wheel 0, in either direction will result in turning the screw N, and as the yokes are threaded on the screw end, it will follow that the said yokes will be carried to or away from the center according to the directionof rotation of the said screw. As each yoke has one, end of a cable P, attached to it, and as the cable which is attached to one yoke has its opposite end extending over a pulley of the head of the frame, the movement of the said yokes tends to draw the ends of the cables toward the frame or permit the descent of the ends of the cable according to theidirection of rotation of the screw,- and as the said cables support the bucket or box Q, it follows that the said bucket or box is elevated or lowered with the manipulation of the mechanism just described. I

In the construction of the conveyer bucket or box, which for the convenience of descri tion will be hereafter termed a bucket in order that the term may agree with the,

classification in the Patent Office, as'ingle blank or sheet of metal is employed to produce the bottom, sides and ends, thereby producing a bucket of this character formed of a single piece of metal which will tend to increase the durability and efficiency, especially so as'rivets are dispensed with, to a great extent, in the construction.

Having fully described our invention what we claim 'as'neW and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a frame comprising heads connected by rods, pulleys carried by the heads, means attached to the heads for supporting the frame, a screw rotatably mounted in the heads, yokes movable on the rods and engaged by the screw, pulleys carried by the yo es, a bucket, connections between thebucket and-the yokes, said connections passing over the pulleys of, the heads and yokes. v

2-. In' combination, a framecomprising heads connected by rods, means attached to the'heads for supporting the frame, a screw rotatably mounted in the heads, said screw having its end portions oppositely threaded, yokes mounted on the rods of the frame and engaged by the screw, a bucket, connections between the bucket and the yokes.

3. In combination, angular heads, rods connecting the heads near their apices, a screw rotatably mounted in the heads, yokes movable 011 the rods and engaged by the screw, pulleys carried vby. the yokes, pulleys carried by the heads, abucket, and connections between the bucket and the yokes, said connections passing over the pulleys of the heads and yokes.

4. In a conveyer, ,a frame comprising heads and parallel rods, yokes slidable on the rods, pulleys-mounted to rotate in the yokes approximately alining longitudinally of the frame, flexible connections run over the longitudinally alining pulleys, the said flexible connections leading from the'frame at opposite ends, a receptacle suspended from the flexible connection and means for moving the yokes longitudinally of the frame.

5. In a conveyer, a frame consisting of heads, rods connecting the heads, yokes slidable on the rods, pulleys carried by the yokes and heads, flexible connections run over the pulleys and extending over the pulleys on the heads, a receptacle attached to the'ends of the flexible connections, means whereby the movement of the yokes o erates the flexible connections over the pu leys on the heads and means for moving the yokes.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses this 14 day of June, 1905. r v

ARTHUR D. LONG.

4 GEORGE DIETZ. Witnesses:

H. G. KING, 7 G. H. BABOOOK. 

